Local Area Agreements
The Local Area Agreement (LAA) has been designed to
support the delivery of the Hampshire Community Strategy and
the 11 District Community Strategies. The agreement aims
to develop understanding and clarity regarding our common
priorities in promoting sustainable communities. It embodies
an opportunity to share this understanding between partners in
Hampshire and central Government and to work together through this
agreement to achieve results.
What is an LAA?
The Local Area Agreement is a three year agreement between
partners in Hampshire and the Government to improve lives and
conditions in Hampshire communities. The Agreement focuses
the attention of partners on 8 sustainable priority outcomes drawn
from the Hampshire Community Strategy and the 11 District Community
Strategies. These are to:
- Improve the life chances for children and young people
- Deliver first class support for businesses, promote skills and
workforce development and address barriers to employment
- Improve the co-ordination of transport and access to services
across the County
- Improve access to housing and accommodation
- Tackle crime and anti-social behaviour recognising the harm of
drug and alcohol misuse
- Promote and improve the health and well-being of people in
Hampshire
- Use material resources more effectively
- Empower local people to have a greater voice and influence over
decision making and the delivery of services.
An LAA action plan will be developed to deliver the above
priority outcomes. This will contain specific actions and
targets to be implemented. The LAA Executive is responsible
for the overall delivery of the LAA targets and individual
lead officers have been appointed to manage the delivery of
each of the 8 priority outcomes.
To strengthen accountability, a local partnership agreement has
been developed, which all the identified key delivery parties will
be asked to sign. To measure progress the LAA contains
indicators towards achieving the 8 priority outcomes. Targets
have been set for each of these indicators and progress will be
reported to the Executive and Board quarterly and reviewed with the
Government Office every six months
For further information about the Hampshire LAA:
The final submission of the Hampshire Local Area Agreement
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/submission.pdf
Summary of the Hampshire Local Area Agreement